Irish Tourism Statistics

2019 annual results overseas trips to ireland.

Guanajuato tourism board. The number of tourists from specific markets who they are where they go and what they spend. Download the september tourism barometer to find out more. We have gathered tourism businesses views on the 2017 season and what the rest of the year has in store.

Learn more about how best to target this market and what motivates travel. See tables 1 and 2. Profile of the four most important markets for irish tourism britain usa france and germany 68 of overseas tourists come from these four key market america is an important market for ireland.

The total number of trips irish residents trips overseas plus trips to ireland in february 2020 increased by 24 to 1174200 when compared to twelve months earlier. Failte ireland covid 19 industry survey pdf 141mb failte ireland carried out a survey of the industry in the third week of may to help inform our evolving responses to the challenges facing tourism. Tourism ireland publishes a visitors facts and figures document every year.

Failte ireland tourism barometer september 2017 pdf 26mb the second in failte irelands 2017 series of state of the season surveys. Tourism is among the most important elements of the irish economy employing more than 300000 people and generating billions of euro in revenue swelling the tax coffers by almost 2 billion. Irish residents made 559000 overseas trips in february 2020 an increase of 05 compared to one year earlier.

See tables 1 and 2. Keep up to date on research and stats from the irish tourism industry. Tourism in the republic of ireland is one of the biggest contributors to the economy of the republic of ireland with 90 million people visiting the country in 2017 about 18 times irelands population.

Download the latest visitor facts and figures pdf below. A summary of results broken down by sector is provided in the attached report. These publications give an overview of tourism to the island.

Total overseas tourism and travel expenditure exclusive of payments to irish carriers grew 70 from 1223 million to 1308 million over the same periods. Failte ireland offers detailed analysis of accommodation occupancy insights into visitor attitudes and much more.